Becoming mindful in quarantine

Some time ago I decided to live my life consciously and it is clear that this will be a job forever. And I say a job because to do it I have to train myself, learn and put my will to sustain it. Although it is for life, in this special stage that we are all living, it becomes more tangible and much richer that work of being present moment to moment.

We are in quarantine, a period of change for humanity and, in general, human beings are somewhat reticent and resistant to change. However, whether we want to or not, this quarantine forces us to leave our safe space, our famous comfort zone and leads us to change habits, forces us to stop, to slow down, or at least to live in a different way.

We each go through this new experience as we can. With more or less tools according to the work we have been able to do with ourselves so far in life. There are those who are just anxiously waiting for all this to be over. When will I go back to what I was before? How long before this is over? Their attention is absolutely focused on the future.

Others are thinking about what they have not been able to do so far, with the uncertainty of how they will be able to do it later on.

Others pessimistic, others optimistic. Some are glued to their screens 24 hours a day, gorging themselves on information, others are in their own world, oblivious to their surroundings.

And there is also another, brighter look that we can bring to this current situation. As if we could turn on a flashlight, as if we could voluntarily guide a ray of sunshine to allow us to see better. To see what? To see ourselves, to see how we live, to see our environment, our relationships, our fears, our achievements? To review our needs and desires. How valuable this moment can be transformed if we live it this way! There is sadness, there are difficulties, it is difficult and yet it is valuable at the same time. The opposite poles, as we mentioned in the Hatha Yoga classes, manifesting in all their splendor before our eyes which, if you are attentive you will be able to see them.

How to bring those rays of sunshine to see more? With consciousness.

With this mindfulness that we train in Mindfulness that allows us to see things as they are. As if reality could be reflected on a mirror of still water, clear, on a day with no wind and as much sun. Instead of living away from our emotions, from our sensations, from the environment, with the melancholy of what is no longer and the anxiety of how everything will be later. If we bring light into the now we will discover a world that can amaze us, that can frighten us, perhaps surprise us. But it is there, in the realization, that sleeps latent the possibility of changing what I can change, of healing or of choosing to sustain and preserve what makes my life worth living. If I keep running from one side to the other, blind, deaf, inattentive, I will be missing that opportunity. And now more than ever it is in our hands and in our hearts to decide to give more light to our lives and dare to look at what the sun illuminates and shows us.

I invite you to make a list of everything you are discovering at this stage.

What did you realize?

I have been doing my homework, I will tell you some of the things I have seen so far.

What did I realize?

- I can live with a lot less clothes.

- My body lovingly heals very quickly when I pay more attention to it.

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- If I set aside some free time to cook, I like to cook.

- I discovered which foods my body had been asking for and which I hadn't been able to figure out for so long.

I have not been able to figure out for a long time.

- I don't miss leaving my house

- I don't leave enough time to rest or have fun

- I get excited to be called names when I am spoken to.

- I have never taken a one-on-one class before and I needed it.

- Energy can be shared online

- Forks sing when I put them away in the drawer

- I can perceive the vibration of a voice in my hands.

- My senses have intensified in a way that makes me feel good.

- I learned that I can live without my hairdresser and my podiatrist but I miss them madly. They who lovingly take care of my polar opposites, my head and my feet.

And you, what did you discover, are you attentive?

(Automatic translation)